How to Use COUNTIF in Google Sheets (2026 Guide)
Use COUNTIF in Google Sheets to count cells by condition: text, numbers, wildcards, and dates, plus COUNTIFS for multiple criteria, with copy-paste examples.
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Use COUNTIF in Google Sheets to count cells by condition: text, numbers, wildcards, and dates, plus COUNTIFS for multiple criteria, with copy-paste examples.
Use SUMIF in Google Sheets to total cells by condition: text, numbers, wildcards, and dates, plus SUMIFS for multiple criteria and the most common errors.
Combine text from multiple cells in Excel: the & operator, the CONCAT and TEXTJOIN functions, adding spaces and commas, and joining a whole range with a delimiter.
Learn INDEX MATCH in Excel: how the two functions work together, why it beats VLOOKUP, looking left, a two-way lookup with two MATCH functions, and error fixes.
Learn SUMIF in Excel: the syntax, text and number criteria, comparison operators, wildcards, summing a different column, and SUMIFS for multiple conditions.
Learn the IF function in Excel: the syntax, text and number tests, nested IFs, the IFS function, combining IF with AND and OR, and how to fix common errors.
Learn VLOOKUP in Excel step by step: the syntax, exact vs. approximate match, looking up data from another sheet, anchoring the range, and how to fix #N/A and #REF errors.
Learn XLOOKUP in Excel: the syntax, exact and approximate match, looking left, returning multiple columns, the built-in if_not_found argument, and how it beats VLOOKUP.
Master the IF function in Google Sheets: the syntax, nested IFs, IFS for multiple conditions, and combining IF with AND, OR, and ISBLANK — with copy-paste examples.
Use the QUERY function in Google Sheets to filter, sort, and summarize data with SQL-like syntax: SELECT, WHERE, ORDER BY, GROUP BY, LABEL, and pulling from another sheet.
Learn VLOOKUP in Google Sheets step by step: the syntax, exact vs. approximate match, looking up data from another sheet, and how to fix #N/A and #REF errors.